Walter Shapiro

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  • Exclusive: Alexander Hamilton commits suicide

    Administration denies "scurrilous allegations" that Vice President Burr killed Hamilton in duel.
    By Walter Shapiro February 15, 2006

  • Out-hawking Bush on Iran

    Saber-rattling Evan Bayh has joined Hillary Clinton in running to Bush's right on Iran. Will this tough stance pay off in 2008 -- or backfire?
    By Walter Shapiro February 13, 2006

  • Surveilling Gonzales

    The attorney general defended warrantless spying with yet more doublespeak, but the Senate is homing in on Bush's dangerous abuse of power.
    By Walter Shapiro February 7, 2006

  • Remembering Wendy

    The world will remember Wendy Wasserstein for her amazing plays -- "The Heidi Chronicles," "The Sisters Rosensweig" and others -- but what I'll never forget is her laugh.
    By Walter Shapiro February 1, 2006

  • Rebels with a cause

    GOP libertarians like New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu are fighting Bush -- and their party -- over the Patriot Act.
    By Walter Shapiro January 30, 2006

  • The filibuster fiasco

    If they had geared up from the start to stop Alito, the Dems might have at least won a political battle. Now they'll lose both ways.
    By Walter Shapiro January 27, 2006

  • Rove: It's the (eternal) war, stupid!

    In his first speech in two months, "Bush's brain" laid out his plan for GOP victory: War, war and more war.
    By Walter Shapiro January 21, 2006

  • Fear of spying

    Democratic strategists say opposing Bush on NSA spying makes the party look weak. Of course, that's what they said about Iraq.
    By Walter Shapiro January 20, 2006

  • The gang that couldn't question straight

    Eight Democratic senators had a chance to grill Samuel Alito Tuesday -- but their artless queries could have been dodged by a tree sloth.
    By Walter Shapiro January 11, 2006

  • Boring, but not scary

    Samuel Alito came across as wimpy, but he didn't reveal any weird Bork-like tendencies. He's well on his way to joining a rightward-leaning high court.
    By Walter Shapiro January 10, 2006

  • Alito's bad luck

    The latest Supreme Court nominee has to face a Senate newly emboldened to challenge the imperial Bush presidency. And his paper trail gives senators plenty of ammunition to do it.
    By Walter Shapiro January 9, 2006

  • Famous for being famous

    From his salute to his father through his career at George, JFK Jr.'s triumphs were mostly style over substance.
    By Bill Wyman July 18, 1999
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